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Ken

@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social

Marylander, lifelong Dem, dedicated to reading and relaxing, cat owner, geezer and Rotarian.

created November 16, 2024

1,889 followers 1,985 following 1,202 posts

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Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Groan…

2/9/2025, 1:31:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Beautiful!

1/9/2025, 8:47:39 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🥹😲🐈

1/9/2025, 8:04:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Like the “Who needs a gun”? At the bottom. Hey, I’m man atomic bomb, I don’t need no gun.

1/9/2025, 6:04:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Are any of the kids sneaking in to gather around the deathbed?

1/9/2025, 5:55:47 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

…and on the football side of things there’s Joe Flacco quarterbacking at 40 years old.

1/9/2025, 12:49:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I want some! I want some!

31/8/2025, 7:18:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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God, I’m getting old. I remember all those people.

31/8/2025, 2:46:52 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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🔴 Need a laugh , today ? 🤭🤣🙃🤭 #Dogsky #Dogs 🐥

31/8/2025, 11:27:48 AM | 10821 1454 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Interesting trivia. On another note, I find it interesting that companies are employing human mascots. This guy, Doug, and Jake from State Farm, Flo from Progrssive, Shaq for The General insurance. I guess it's working. Either that or the commercials are so vapid as to be memorable.

31/8/2025, 10:08:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Would he command the cult following Trump has? Up for debate.

30/8/2025, 11:07:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Everyone knows he’s not well. Whether he’s on death’s door is another issue (one can only hope). Certainly he would never be able to let Vance be a stand in under any circumstances.

30/8/2025, 11:05:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wonder if Vance will command the same type of cultish following Trump does????

30/8/2025, 11:02:06 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

So cute. Digs are just so good.

30/8/2025, 10:57:34 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Hell, make them permanent.

30/8/2025, 10:19:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

She knew it was over. After all, “everyone dies”.

29/8/2025, 6:18:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Great news!

29/8/2025, 6:17:01 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

It does. No visible tattoos also make you more attractive.

29/8/2025, 3:27:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Very nice and very happy. 😀

29/8/2025, 10:54:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

If only...

29/8/2025, 10:43:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Gotta ask. How is this done?

29/8/2025, 10:38:00 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Great pic. I love the facial expression. It's like WTF do you want?

29/8/2025, 10:32:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

"The Death of Expertise" is a god book, btw.

29/8/2025, 10:09:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Groan…

28/8/2025, 10:17:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Is he dead yet?

28/8/2025, 10:17:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

My thoughts exactly. If he’s anti-Jew he was in the wrong place. Just another whack job with easy access to guns and a desire to kill.

27/8/2025, 9:47:12 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep. School starts and the shootings begin. Excuses will flood the media. Mental illness. Yadda. Yadda. Yadda. No one will do anything about the easy access to guns.

27/8/2025, 6:18:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Bad food and waaaay too much of it.

27/8/2025, 10:51:19 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I hope this is a sign of things to come.

27/8/2025, 10:49:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Sounds like your 3 year old is very understanding and empathetic.

26/8/2025, 11:17:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Gotcha covered. I’ve read most of her books and really liked them. They started getting a little darker later in the series. Still. A great series,

26/8/2025, 11:09:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

😲

26/8/2025, 7:03:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

You’re right, Reality. At this point in our history we will need massive solidarity that make things right. This includes exercising our 2nd Amendment rights. I’ve really never advocated violence but desperate times call for desperate measures.

26/8/2025, 6:57:05 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

The way it should be.

26/8/2025, 6:51:47 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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For help us all.

26/8/2025, 6:51:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks for the tip about the speed. I’ll have to check that out. I started an audiobook by Kathy Reichs. One of the Bones series. The voice acting is markedly different and better.

26/8/2025, 6:50:20 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I believe Thom Tillis is retiring at the end of his term. (2026)

26/8/2025, 10:51:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm missing all the speculation about the cause of the bruising on Trump's hand. What do you think is causing that?

26/8/2025, 10:47:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump needs to get in shape himself. Shaming people is his thing though.

26/8/2025, 12:44:45 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Absolutely true.

26/8/2025, 12:42:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

The big question: Did it pay well?

26/8/2025, 12:36:46 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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25/8/2025, 9:32:27 PM | 4034 1037 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Kai Ryssdal (@kairyssdal.bsky.social) reposted

This

25/8/2025, 9:44:13 PM | 1751 253 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Beautiful

25/8/2025, 9:57:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Cozies, some non-fiction. I have an audio memoir which is a genre I don’t appreciate that much. It’s read by the author. It’s about growing up in a super Christian cult with lots of graphic improprieties. The voice is flat and misses a lot of grammatical inflections.

25/8/2025, 8:54:27 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

😳

25/8/2025, 8:48:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thanks!

25/8/2025, 8:34:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

I get where some mystery writers need to set up situations that don’t ring true in the details. Some really ask you to suspend your disbelief… a lot.

25/8/2025, 8:26:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

I’m trying to get into audiobooks but having a little bit of a hard time. The voice acting on the books I’ve gotten so far is pretty terrible.

25/8/2025, 8:23:59 PM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

Just when you could go for a nice, cold beer and realize all you have is whisky and Rumple Minze.

25/8/2025, 8:21:07 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

I was visiting friend the other day. Inside temp set at 78°. I guess they were retro save electricity. I can barely deal with 72° in my own house. Yeah. I know, it’s hot outside.

25/8/2025, 8:15:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Me, neither.

24/8/2025, 11:21:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

You deserve a break. The graphic is wonderful.

24/8/2025, 8:21:06 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

Although it’s overplayed on MASN, I really like the PNC commercial where the parents explain they have sold the naming rights to their kids, “You know, like stadiums do. Kids are so expensive nowadays.”

24/8/2025, 8:20:11 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

Eat less, exercise more. Yet, I’m told exercise is not the key, it’s the eating part. Yet everything bad for me is delicious. Especially the Hendricks and tonic.

24/8/2025, 8:03:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A brave woman.

24/8/2025, 7:57:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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About effing time.

24/8/2025, 12:07:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks, Captain! I wondered where all the followers came from.

24/8/2025, 3:09:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I loathe writing reviews. This is especially true when I get the e-mail immediately after I've received an item and have barely had enough time to get said item out of the box.

23/8/2025, 11:36:05 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Wonder what his kids would say.

22/8/2025, 11:10:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m sure he’s a famous guy but with only 22 posts and a cryptic profile, I just don’t get it. Of course, I’m a boomer so that’s part of the problem.

22/8/2025, 11:05:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I wonder how dangerous it is…really… to live without smoke detectors.

22/8/2025, 8:17:30 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

Where is the leftist version of The Proud boys and Oath Keepers? Why aren’t they in the streets staring ICE down?

22/8/2025, 8:15:54 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Which would be the true torture.

21/8/2025, 12:44:02 PM | 34 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

Last Pass and the Google password manager are shit. They don’t store passwords encrypted or not encrypted. Constantly having to reset my passwords to get into sites that are usually a piece of cake. It pisses me off.

20/8/2025, 11:11:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dear good looking women with 0 posts and no profile description, please stop with the follows. It’s annoying to have to go through the clicks to block you.

20/8/2025, 11:04:09 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They aren’t there now. They won’t be missed.

20/8/2025, 10:50:27 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I could go for that.

20/8/2025, 1:37:35 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow! Talking about spinning a yarn.

19/8/2025, 11:51:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

If only I understood what a "by-eletion" was.....

19/8/2025, 9:54:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

If he’s still successful that’ll be the end of voting.

18/8/2025, 7:26:06 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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18/8/2025, 11:42:23 AM | 5489 1973 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Coming from a male who has been "off the market" for more than a quarter century. Widowed 2.5 years ago. It is this type of thread that really makes on think if it's worth it at all to even try. I wouldn't know what to do or how to do it. Meanwhile, I felt judged the whole time about it all.

17/8/2025, 7:26:25 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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😂

17/8/2025, 7:16:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or 60

17/8/2025, 7:14:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Damn. I’m always in the wrong place. I need a ticket to heaven. The drugs must be super pure.

17/8/2025, 12:28:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

pretty cat. very dignified looking.

16/8/2025, 11:02:42 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

People are saying Trump has humiliated himself and the country. Two thoughts: a person with no shame or moral compass cannot be humiliated. Our country is already on the back burner.

16/8/2025, 11:01:49 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Trump/Putin meetup. Donny is probably running a little low on cash and wanted to set up a little allowance advance.

16/8/2025, 10:59:53 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

Quick thought on Gavin Newsom. He probably figures he'll never be president, so he's showing Dems how it's done. "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." Go, Gavin, go.

16/8/2025, 10:58:36 PM | 11 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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At least it's better than "chief".

16/8/2025, 10:54:20 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Very artistic, too.

16/8/2025, 10:07:45 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Wait up a sec. There was some high level meeting somewhere. I must’ve blinked. I didn’t realize it had started much less ended.

16/8/2025, 12:39:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

“Not enough doctors, nurses or dentists.” This is truer than true. Trying hard to get an appointment in 2025 is almost impossible.

15/8/2025, 6:32:26 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I have cat that thinks 5:00am to 5:30am is an acceptable time to get me up to feed her. I am not amused.

15/8/2025, 6:23:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I got a 90 Years of Service email. I didn’t read it. It’s the first one I got. Maybe I should take a look at it.

15/8/2025, 11:33:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Cathy ✌🏽☮️ 🕊️ (@coco.sheshed.rocks) reposted

The cat fight continues ~ and it’s quite enjoyable 🥂 #Loomer #MTG

Lauren Greene o @LaurennG...•1d Xl Funny how @LauraLoomer screams
14/8/2025, 1:49:49 PM | 42 14 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess that woman’s solidarity thing has a weak link or two.

14/8/2025, 2:27:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I posted about this very thing awhile back. Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, Bob Greene. It should not be lost on us that she is a billionaire. Being all touchy feely is a pose.

14/8/2025, 2:21:28 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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WTF? A weather delay in Baltimore? Orioles and Mariners.

13/8/2025, 10:38:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

Some people say that fascism will always fail..eventually. In the meantime millions suffer and die. My take: not worth it. Just as ordinary Germans fell in line behind Hitler because of his false promises, millions or ordinary Americans are falling in line behind Trump. The end is not near.

13/8/2025, 6:20:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social)

I know this is going to put me on somebody's list but we need a task force of super secret ninja assassins to carry out a "cleansing ala the baptism scene in Godfather 1. youtu.be/8Pf8BkFLBRw?...

13/8/2025, 6:11:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) reposted

A Minnesota teen filed a charge of discrimination against a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant, alleging a server followed her into the women’s restroom and demanded she “prove” she was a girl

13/8/2025, 2:42:37 PM | 500 141 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

How did we get to a point where anyone anywhere can harass someone else in public? Where did civility go? Are parents really raising their children to be like this? I hope the teen gets millions.

13/8/2025, 3:24:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture NotQuietMode_M.D. (@notquietmodemd.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

You cannot make this shit up. She’s been married four times! Also.. per Harvard Law Review, Kim Davis is the only government official of any kind (federal, state, local) who has been jailed for criminal contempt in the past 50 years. THE ONLY ONE. #FthatB harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...

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Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Georgetown is one of the most affluent areas of DC and home to Georgetown University, an elite Jesuit school. Are they afraid of patrolling the dicer parts of town?

13/8/2025, 1:35:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

Nah. Her hair makes her an inch taller. She's 5'4"

13/8/2025, 11:22:02 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ken (@oceanpinesguy.bsky.social) reply parent

I guess contraception is against her religion, too.

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